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The perfect way to start the day in Europe is with Monocle’s morning news programme. Join Monocle 24’s editors, presenters and guests as they set the agenda in international news and business. Winner Best News & Politics…

We ask whether further resignations from Theresa May’s cabinet will force her from her job. Plus: the latest on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, why Japan’s new cyber-security minister has never used a com…

As UK prime minister Theresa May’s cabinet endorses a draft Brexit agreement, we ask how the news has been received in Europe. We learn what Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe and US vice president Mike Pence hope to achieve…

Following a violent start to the week, a ceasefire has been declared in Gaza once more. We ask what provoked this latest eruption and how long peace can be expected to hold. Plus, ask if sanctions are having an effect on…

As Southeast Asian leaders are joined by Vladimir Putin at the Asean Summit in Singapore, we ask where Donald Trump is. Plus: the brutality that underpins political oppression in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the…

We look at the increasingly tense relationship between China and Australia, find out why far-right demonstrators are expected on the streets of Warsaw this weekend and get the latest on Robert Mueller’s inquiry into the…

As Greece removes 10,000 priests from the state’s payroll, we ask if it can ever become a secular nation. Plus: we examine how an EU army would operate and find out why it is quite a big deal that Kim Jong-un now has an…

This special edition unpacks an extraordinary night in US politics that has seen a record number of women win seats in Congress. We also discuss press freedom in Hong Kong and the future of the workplace, and find out why…

As millions of Americans head to the polls to vote in one of the most decisive midterm elections in modern history, we hear from our teams on the ground in New York and Vermont. Plus, the UK’s new military training base in…

As the US reintroduces sanctions on Iran, we assess the impact they will have on Iran and its neighbours. Plus: why Madrid and Catalonia are in disagreement over the fate of independence leaders for the region and we speak…

Will fear-mongering over immigration determine the outcome of the US midterms? We also find out about some of the quickest political U-turns in history, explore Ukraine’s relationship with Russian Orthodoxy and find out why…

Why has the US decided to intervene in the conflict in Yemen? Plus: the potential outcomes of Jerusalem’s mayoral race, why K-pop is coming between South Korea and Japan and how India built the world’s tallest statue.

As Angela Merkel confirms she won’t lead her party past 2021, we discuss what a post-Merkel Germany, and Europe, might look like. Plus: a look at relations between Brazil and China, and we learn why Mexico City has aband…

We analyse why Sweden is heading towards a snap election, learn what was on the table at the meeting between Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, discuss the increase in antisemitism being seen across the globe, and look…